Mystery of the Old Man
"Ne Deeth, allas! ne wol nat han my lyf.
Thus walke I, lyk a restelees caityf,
And on the ground, which is my modres gate,
I knokke with my staf bothe erly and late,
And seye, 'Leve moder, leet me in!
Lo, how I vanish, flesh, and blood, and skin!
Allas! whan shul my bones been at reste?'"
-The Pardoner's Tale, lines 727-733
More and more am I changing my thought that the old man is Death to he's an Ankou - a henchman of Death, who is (according to different sources) either the first or last person to die of the year and wanders around collecting souls before he can pass on.
Thus walke I, lyk a restelees caityf,
And on the ground, which is my modres gate,
I knokke with my staf bothe erly and late,
And seye, 'Leve moder, leet me in!
Lo, how I vanish, flesh, and blood, and skin!
Allas! whan shul my bones been at reste?'"
-The Pardoner's Tale, lines 727-733
More and more am I changing my thought that the old man is Death to he's an Ankou - a henchman of Death, who is (according to different sources) either the first or last person to die of the year and wanders around collecting souls before he can pass on.
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